[GHC] #8226: Remove the old style -- # Haddock comments.

[Alfredo Di Napoli]

Thanks Fuuzetsu,
Tomorrow I'll still be at the ZuriHac, so hopefully I'll able to adjust the patch :)
I'll poke you if you'll be around

Thanks!

Alfredo Di Napoli

> On 07/giu/2014, at 07:23, "GHC" <ghc-devs at haskell.org> wrote:
> 
> #8226: Remove the old style -- # Haddock comments.
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>        Reporter:  Fuuzetsu          |            Owner:
>            Type:  task              |           Status:  patch
>        Priority:  normal            |        Milestone:  7.10.1
>       Component:  Compiler          |          Version:  7.7
>      Resolution:                    |         Keywords:
> Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
> Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |       Difficulty:  Unknown
>       Test Case:                    |       Blocked By:
>        Blocking:                    |  Related Tickets:
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> 
> Comment (by Fuuzetsu):
> 
> Sorry I fell behind a bit on reading GHC tickets.
> 
> Yes adinapoli, those should also be removed, we do not use --# for
> anything and it served the same purpose as {-# as far as I know.
> 
> Also the data type used to store that type of comment should be removed:
> 
> https://github.com/ghc/ghc/blob/master/compiler/parser/Lexer.x#L625
> 
> FTR the Haddock ticket is now tracked at
> https://github.com/haskell/haddock/issues/171
> 
> Thanks for looking into this, feel free to poke me on IRC/e-mail if you
> need more immediate review.
> 
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